Plant Family


Apiaceae

Family CN: Carrot Family
Family Code: APIACE
Family Parent: [in APIALES]
Family Authority: Lindley 1836 or UMBELLIFERAE A.L. de Jussieu 1789
Summary: A family of about 445 genera and about 3540 species of herbs (rarely shrubs or trees), cosmopolitan, but especially north temperate. Hydrocotyle is more closely related to Araliaceae, and has been transferred there (Chandler & Plunkett 2004).
Reference: Mathias & Constance (1945)=MC. [also see ARALIACEAE]
Last Updated: 2020-01-01
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